What makes you think they've removed claimable lawless? The post says all claim types.
They SHOULD have removed claimable lawless several seasons ago. A tower can flip an armored dock while you're offline. Only noobs would waste time with that mechanic. It's good for troll / funzies, but not serious play, and ultimately results in wasted land space.
If they wanted to solve the problem of small company viability, they should have adopted Eve Online's wormhole system.
They SHOULD have never put barrel bombs back in cannons.
They SHOULD have never charged gold for ships.
They SHOULD have never killed parking ships on freeports (the game felt so alive when you'd pull in and find hundreds of boats).
They SHOULD have never killed the incentive to trade, travel, and fight for regional resources for blueprints.
They SHOULD have never released / replaced the ship building system, but instead provided new base constructs to work on.
They SHOULD have taken player reports seriously when exploiters started breaking the game in season 9 ish.
They SHOULD have left the world map as a large traversal system instead of weird regional play.
The list goes on and on.